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  Estonian Journal of Engineering

ISSN 1736-7522 (electronic)  ISSN 1736-6038  (print)

 An international scientific journal
Formerly: Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences Engineering
(ISSN 1406-0175)
Published since 1995

Estonian Journal of Engineering

ISSN 1736-7522 (electronic)  ISSN 1736-6038  (print)

 An international scientific journal
Formerly: Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences Engineering
(ISSN 1406-0175)
Published since 1995

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Synergy-based approach to quality assurance; pp. 87–98

(Full article in PDF format)   doi: 10.3176/eng.2009.2.02


Authors

Tiit Hindreus, Vello Reedik

Abstract

Product development and design as well as the efficiency of quality management system have a key influence in product quality costing. Therefore they should be closely integrated. It is suggested that the main obstacle in attaining better quality is the so-called “bad” engineering, mostly caused by human shortcomings in design and quality management. The paper presents a novel opportunity to empower human activities in the framework of quality management system through the synergy-based approach to quality assurance. Finally, a methodology is proposed for the preparation of the company’s quality management system for ISO certification.

Keywords

quality management, quality assurance, product quality, product development, dependency matrix, synergy.

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